CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-15596
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
An issue was discovered in inc/class_feedgeneration.php in MyBB 1.8.17. On the forum RSS Syndication page, one can generate a URL such as http://localhost/syndication.php?fid=&type=atom1.0&limit=15. The thread titles (within title elements of the generated XML documents) aren't sanitized, leading to XSS.
Affected configurations
• mybb mybb 1.8.17
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://blog.mybb.com/2018/08/22/mybb-1-8-18-released-security-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45393/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.mybb.com/2018/08/22/mybb-1-8-18-released-security-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45393/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry